› added 6 years ago

703

TIL Bananas emit antimatter almost every 75 minutes

Read more brokensecrets.com

via reddit.com

GYmeG TIL about the largest Empires. Spain was the first global empire. The British was the largest ( 22% of the earth's land-mass). Mongol's was the largest contiguous and Portugal's is the longest-lived modern European colonial empires.
mjYo TIL the temperance movement in Australia during WW1 successfully forced bars to close at 6pm up until 1955. This did little to stop the amount of alcohol consumed and contributed to a culture of binge drinking which has left it’s mark on Australian drinking culture to this day.
NXXaE TIL that Best Foods mayo and Hellman’s mayo are one and the same. So if their logos and packaging look similar, it’s because when Best Foods bought Hellmans they decided to merge the branding to retain Hellman’s loyal customers. Another example is Dreyer’s and Edy’s ice cream.
gMwgb TIL that Washington State University makes and sells several types of cheese in tin cans(!) and has been doing so since the 1940s.
yEZX TIL The Indian Army during World War II began the war, in 1939, numbering just under 200,000 men.By the end of the war, it had become the largest volunteer army in history, rising to over 2.5 million men in August 1945